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Monday, November 14, 2011

The Tarragon Theatre holds its annual Play Reading Week starting tonight. All readings are free. Readings take place at 8pm except for the Sunday reading at 2:30pm.

The Tarragon invites six writers every year into its Playwrights Unit, where they develop a new play under the guidance of artistic director Richard Rose and literary manager Andrea Romaldi. The first draft is read by professional actors in January, followed by quarterly meetings to read successive drafts. The process culminates with the Play Reading Week where each play from the unit gets a public reading by professional actors.

Among the plays being read are David Yee's carried away on the crest of a wave. David Yee is currently the Artistic Director of the fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, and a very witty and talented writer. His play reading is the final event of the Play Reading Week on November 20, and is the only play reading that takes place in the afternoon at 2:30pm.
Jason Maghanoy is also a member of the fu-GEN company. The reading of his play Hangman takes place on Thursday.

The Tarragon Theatre is located at 30 Bridgman Avenue, north and east of Bathurst St. and Dupont St. in Toronto.

It’s that time of year again: Tarragon’s annual Play Reading Week will run from November 14 to 20, 2011 in our upstairs studios. This is your opportunity to hear brand new plays from some of Canada’s most promising artists.

All readings will take place in the upstairs studios at 8 pm, except Sunday’s reading which takes place at 2:30pm.

Admission is free, and no reservations are taken.

For more information, please contact our box office at 416.531.1827.

The Angel's Cradle

by Leanna Brodie

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 8PM

The universal bond between mother and child is printed in our genes and tattooed on our hearts. As a ghastly death is investigated in Canada, and as a trail of abandoned children is traced through Europe, The Angel's Cradle explores what our myths of motherhood reveal about us all.

Everyday Neurotics

by Haley McGee

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 8PM

Six determined lost souls live communally and practice therapy together. Driven by the best of intentions, they face Paulo Freire's perennial question: "What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?" Inspired by real events, Everyday Neurotics celebrates and mourns the optimistic experiment that took place in Toronto's Annex from 1966 to 1981.

Hangman

by Jason Maghanoy

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 AT 8PM

In a nineteenth century town ruptured and scarred by the effects of coal mining, a young man is hanged but does not die. Hangman traces the effects of this event on the town's psyche, and struggles with the violence that comes with keeping a community together and building a new world.

Aftershock

by Evan Tsitsias

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 AT 8PM

First you revere it, then you want to destroy it.
When Anna returns to her trailer home after an "Extreme Makeover", she quickly discovers the ugly side of beauty. Her transformation ignites a torrent of consequences and she is forced to take drastic action to damage the repairs in order repair the damage.

Swallow

by Bobby Theodore

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT 8PM

A junior hockey coach's past and present collide after his mother dies. Now the gloves are off - and some secrets just can't stay on the ice.

carried away on the crest of a wave

by David Yee

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 2:30PM

Set in the years following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, carried away on the crest of a wave is a play about causality and the interconnectedness of things. From an escort in Khao Lak, to a priest in Tamil Nadu, to a housewife in Utah, it asks, "What happens when the events that tie us together are the same that tear us apart?"